Questions of Practice: Kemi Ilesanmi of The Laundromat Project on the Role of Artists in Community Development

Kemi Ilesanmi of The Laundromat Project talks to us about the role artists can play in community development. 

Questions of Practice: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko of the Abbe Museum on Audience Dialogue

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko discusses promoting participatory audience engagement and dialogue-based programs in the context of a Native American museum.

Questions of Practice: Artist Bob and Roberta Smith on Art as Advocacy

"Objects are very vulnerable when people have forgotten their stories," says artist Bob and Roberta Smith, when asked to speak on art and advocacy.

Questions of Practice: Claire Tancons, Independent Curator, On Resistance and Artistic Practice

Independent curator Claire Tancons discusses the complex issue of institutional resistance among artists of particular backgrounds. 

Questions of Practice with Kristy Edmunds & Claire Tancons: How Do You Establish Trust in a Community?

Visiting Scholar Kristy Edmunds asks independent curator Claire Tancons about the process of earning trust and credibility in a community.

That There Might Be Queer Sound by Ashon Crawley

On the occasion of OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival, we invited Professor Ashon Crawley (UC Riverside) to unpack the concept of "queer sound."

Funeral for a Home: Excerpts from a Conversation with Robert Blackson

On May 31, 2014  a house in West Philadelphia was demolished, and a group of participating artists and community leaders staged a proper funeral for the home. We sat down with Robert Blackson, director of Temple Contemporary, for details. 

Suli Holum and David Bradley on Food Court and Disability in Performance

Theater artists Suli Holum and David Bradley reflect upon the ways disability and difference might be represented, interrogated, and objectified in performance.